Trip
next to Victoria Station
It isn't any newness, to know that London is
one of the most cosmopolitan cities of the world.
To find people, clothes, food (although cheese
bread is very difficult to find) and beverages
from the right and left side of Greenwich Meridian,
that is one of its most fascinating characteristics.
It
is also known, that the English people incorporate
international references.
The
pieces made with Indian, Moroccan, Iranian or
African shapes live, currently, on frames of
every (really every!) English department store,
and that is already a very old newness.
Nevertheless,
to find Wrap! an exhibition of cloths to drape,
spread, tie, throw and wrap* - from Indian,
Asia and Africa at Joss Graham's small store
is a guaranteed pleasure for the nomad or tourist
side of all of us.
The
cloth and garment delights by the pieces authenticity,
articles abundance and by its own space composition
on a busy street next to Victoria Station. Going
down the staircase to the underground tasting
each shade of the Tibetan purses tied on the
handrail causes a "teletransport" feeling: like
we could go through a big deal of the world
spending hours inside there.
Saris, sarongs, tunics, djlabas. Babushas, necklaces,
shawls and turbans plus the multiple use of
the Indian designer Aratrik K. Dev Varman are
really a trip. Just, let yourself go.
Some
prices would pay a flight ticket to the Orient....
But, it shouldn't be easy to find the "map of
the mine" of such precious and rare articles.
By the other hand, it is possible to buy a micro
Indian purse for 5 pounds ( about R$ 14,00)
and there are so many other wonders between
30 to 300 pounds.
Wrap
is showing just until June 30th , but the store
is always open: it sells clothes and cloths
and makes four annual exhibitions with several
thematic: furniture, objects, etc. always providing
different trips.
*Wrap!
An exhibition of cloths to drape, spread, tie,
throw and wrap...
Joss
Graham Oriental Textiles - 10 Eccleston St.
SW1 9LT
Open from Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 6
pm.
